Telegraph-insulator



w. w. WADDELLQ TelegraphWire Insulator.

No. 53.201. I Patented March 13, 1866.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM W. WADDELL, OF HILLSBOROUGH, OHIO.

TELEGRAPH-lNSULATO R.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 53,201, dated March 13, 1866.

partially-sectionized side elevation of the same.

A is a four-square shank, somewhat pointed at its tip to enter the post, and having projecting rectangularly from its outer end a stem, B, which terminates in two hooks or horns, O 0, between which and the stem B the telegraph-wire is inserted, as in Fig. 1. D is a shoulder to prevent the wire working out of its place. E is a coating of vitreous enamel. A hole of suitable size being made in the post by means of an auger, the shank A is driven in so as to present the two horns in any upward, downward, or oblique position that will most securely hold the wire.

I claim herein as new and of my invention The telegraphic insulator constructed as herein described, with the shank A, stem B, horns G O, shoulder D, and coating E of vitreous enamel, all constructed and arranged as and for the purposes specified.

In testimony of which invention I hereunto set my hand.

XVILLIAM XV. W'ADDELL. Witnesses J AMES H. LAYMAN, GEO. H. KNIGHT. 

